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UNESCO Supports Documentary Heritage in Sudan with Awareness, Digitization

UNESCO in Khartoum has assured that it plans to maintain its works related to preserving the documentary heritage of Sudan through a project aimed at determining, preserving and digitizing valuable, historic documents. During a workshop dubbed “Determining Priorities of Documentary Heritage in Sudan”, Ayman al-Badri, interim director of UNESCO Bureau…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Record rains in Pakistan damage Mohenjo Daro archaeological site

At least 1,400mm of rain fell on the UNESCO World Heritage site in the second week of August.

Al Jazeera

Prince Charles hails New Lanark heritage site as ‘a miracle’ during visit

His Royal Highness was presented with a shawl from the mill’s commemorative Jubilee wool range.

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School trains new generation in Mexican cowboy traditions

Tlajomulco de Zúñiga (Mexico) (AFP) - Wearing a wide-brimmed hat, silver-buttoned shirt and embroidered tie, teenager Victor Teran skillfully twirls a lasso at a Mexican school training younger generations in traditional cowboy skills.

AFP

UNESCO learning city status for Nilambur, Thrissur

They are among three Indian towns to join GNLC this year

The Hindu

International Literacy Day 2024: Dates, origins, theme, and significance

Unesco will be awarding prizes to laureates from across the world in September

Evening Standard

Warangal adds another feather to its cap

Joins the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities

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Over-consumption and drought reduce lake in vital Spanish wetland to puddle

Experts and environmentalists say aquifer feeding Doñana national park, a Unesco heritage site, has been overexploited for tourism and to water fruit farms

The Guardian - UK

UNESCO Recognizes Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Industrial City as Int’l Learning City

The Saudi Yanbu Industrial City has been recognized as a global learning city by UN's top cultural body for its commitment to lifelong learning for its residents and for introducing policies that promote inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable development, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday. The UN Educational, Scientific and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Special Report: Literacy beyond the classroom

Literacy begins before school and extends throughout a lifetime. 360info considers ways to support access to literacy outside traditional settings.

360info

UNESCO World Heritage Site Revealed As One Of Oldest Neanderthal Archaeological Locations

The Gallery of Statues site is located in the Cueva Mayor-Cueva del Silo Complex in the Atapuerca archeological site, in Spain.

Zenger

Glasgow releases Eurovision bid video as city shortlisted for song contest

Glasgow has been shortlisted alongside six other cities in the UK to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 - and the official bid video has now been released.

Glasgow Live

Early Durga Puja celebration in West Bengal with a grand rally: Mamata Banerjee

People sang and danced along the five-kilometre stretch from Joransanko Thakurbari to Red Road

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How famous Scottish locations look using the new viral AI-generated art trend

It's Scotland, Jim, but not as we know it.

Reuters

UNESCO supports Ukraine bid to put Odesa on World Heritage list

United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it supported a bid by Ukraine to put its port city of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Conversation

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

The Guardian - UK

Much more than a snack: why the UN owes it to the world to recognise pretzels as a cultural treasure

Pizza, couscous and ginger biscuits already have ‘intangible cultural heritage’ status. How can Unesco deny it to Germany’s knotted breadstick?

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EU, NATO must back Western Balkan integration amid Ukraine war, says Slovenia

Slovenian President Borut Pahor said on Monday that countries in the Western Balkans were at risk of instability because of the war in Ukraine and called for a swift accession for Bosnia into the European Union and the NATO alliance.

Zenger

Austrians To Build World’s Longest Cable Car Lift In Caribbean Island Of Dominica

Austrian ropeways and cable cars manufacturer Doppelmayr Group will build a 6.6-kilometer-long (4.1-mile) gondola at Boiling Lake.

Inverse

X-rays could reveal the secrets hidden in Gutenberg's first Bibles

While many think Gutenberg invented the printing press, the revolutionary technology actually originated in East Asia. Now, a powerful X-ray machine will determine how the method evolved before reaching Europe.

The Hindu

Mamata hikes honorarium to community Durga Puja committees to ₹60,000

The honorarium will cost the State exchequer ₹258 crore; ‘special’ festival this year after recognition by UNESCO list

The Independent UK

Austria travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Explore music-loving Salzburg, exceptionally liveable Vienna, the idyllic lake district and pristine Alpine resorts

The Hindu

Slew of facilities planned for Hoysala temples in Mysuru and Hassan

This is to shore up visitor experience

Asharq Al-Awsat

Expert: Algeria Fires Burned UNESCO-listed Park

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere Reserve, means that the burned area…

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